Brendan Hughes

Went through the complete collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories which someone kindly bought for my birthday. Nice.

Also just finished Simon Singh's The Code Book, after it sat on my shelf for 2 yrs with me thinking it was too mathematical and difficult. When I wanted to buy it for a friend, I went and looked again, and found that I'd been a right prat and it was an easy read after all (D'oh!). Fascinating.

JAKbauer24

tough cookies it's about 4 chefs one being GORDON FOOKIN RAMSEY! sort of a small collections of auto-bio's

Steve Whitehorn

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Dont Mention the War
( The British and the Germans since 1890)
John Ramsden

Facinating Subject
Promising Book
Badly written.
A flea could have done better.
Don´t Buy it.
S

Milamber

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Crazy Chick

I have read both of those books more than once - very good, in my opinion.

I have just finished reading Scar Night by Alan Campbell - quite a good read

hail-hail

Excellent, look forward to your thoughts on it.

Currently reading Eragon - Christopher Paolini, started it last week and last night seen an advert for it's cinema release in december. Weird.......

SJ_Skyline

Recently finished books 6 and 7 in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson: "Roses are Red" and "Violets are Blue".

Now reading "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy, very hard to put down

speedymonkey

Q.Which book are you currently reading/Have just read?
A. Clarkson on cars - Ive read all his others and enjoyed them, love his dry humour and his somewhat 'brattish' ways

Q. Which book couldn't you finish and why?
A. The Hobbit - read it at school and thought id give it another go after the lord of the rings set, but it was so long and boring, not for me thanks

Q. Which book did you enjoy so much, you might just read it again one day ?
A. Complicity - Iain Banks, i loved it, great twists, and whenever a chapter starts 'You sit there quietly in the kitchen, hiding in the dark' you just know there goin to be a really ruff, but funny murder committed, great read

scoobian

just finished Lee Child's latest (jack Reacher books)
a good read, I think...I enjoy them (but there again, I enjoyed the Dan brown books too!)

busy reading some of Ranulph Fiennes books - eccentric?...yes!...hero?...definitely!

Milamber

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Which ones? "The Feather men" I assume. Bloody good read, fact or fiction

Karl 227

Q.Which book are you currently reading/Have just read?
A. Clarksons Motorworld - His chapter about Australia made me PMSL much to the annoyance of the missus who was sleeping at the time

Q. Which book couldn't you finish and why?
A. LOTR - I have too much going on in my life to read this piffle, it bored me to death

Q. Which book did you enjoy so much, you might just read it again one day ?
A. Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follet, an unexpected content that will have you glued to the book from the first page to the last, fantastic

scoobian

Feather men is the one I'm juststarting, but I'm aslo reading 'Mind over Matter' in fits and starts

orbix

Q. Which book are you currently reading/Have just read?

A. How to avoid property tax – Carl Bayley

Q. Which book couldn't you finish and why?

A. Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and the Markets – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I took it on holiday to read but could never get into it I might try again one day.


Q. Which book did you enjoy so much, you might just read it again one day?

A. No mean soldier – Peter McAleese

Apparition

Karl227 : A man after mine own heart. Pillars is just terrific isn't it ? I have it sitting there on the shelf for that day when I just can't resist reading once again.


The most surprising book for me this year ( so far ), is Just Julie, Julie Goodyear's auto. I am not an autobiog. reader normally, but this came my way and I thought I'd give it a go. It's quite fascinating and a lot of nostalgia creeping in too from my childhood. Quite a surprise.
Yve
Thanks Rich, for re-incarnating this thread ....once again !
Yve

Matteeboy

Just read "Marley and Me" by John Grogan and loved it (about the life of a dog - Not really for dog haters).

Before that it was "Thud" by Terry Pratchett- Like all his books it was mostly very good but ended weirdly.

Very rarely can't finish a book but "Last Orders" (Booker Prize Winner) was just hard work so gave up.

Big fan of Tom Sharpe books and have read a few of them twice.

EddScott

Reading now Thud by Terry Prachett

Didn't finish - Some Clive Cussler book about a Japanese sub and nerve gas

Read again - Mostly Terry Prachett

Collection is mostly Terry Prachett. Lots of Graphic Novels (Aliens, Batman, Watchmen, Warhammer 40K)

Leslie

Just finished Spycatcher which was very interesting and am now reading about Rommel's gold.

Les

Neverguess

Now = Further under the duvet by Marian Keyes (my brother bought it for me for christmas )

Just read = David Copperfield

RMA26

I read Ricky Hatton's autobiography on Holiday

Well worth a read IMHO

fitzscoob

If you like red storm rising, go and read without remorse, same author.

By far his best book, if you like John Clark / Kelly you will love the story behind how he became who he is.

RichWalk

Reading ;-

Death of Marco Pantani- Matt Rendall
Until I find You- John Irving
The Great Shark Hunt- God
The Jokes Over- Ralph Steadman

I cant finish any of them at the mo' too tired ot too busy

To re-read, thats easy The Great Gastby if not the best certainly one of the best books ever written

Milamber

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After clearing my backlog I finally got round to reading this one.

I have to say that I loved this book and hated it in equal measure.

The complete lack of any punctuation whatsoever I could live with. His description of the effects of his addicition I thought were superb, the crazy characters were more or less believable. I just couldn't believe the ending and in particular the time frame it was all resolved in.

Apparently there has been a bit of a fuss about this book, he may not have been entirely truthful (Big deal it's only a book) but I found this to be amusing.





We here at Random House are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with readers who were misled by James Frey’s “memoir.” If you purchased a copy of this book, you are entitled to the following refunds:

If you return the dust jacket of the A Million Little Pieces hardcover and draw a moustache through Mr. Frey’s author photo, you are entitled to a refund of $4.24.

If you return page 23, fold it in half, and highlight all traces of the word “the” with a 3M Yellow Highlighter, you are entitled to a refund of $12.92.

If your first name is “James” and you incurred psychological damages because you observed another “James” lying through his teeth, we want to assure you that Mr. Frey was not one of the “good Jameses” and that his actions do not reflect Jameses at large. If you fall into this category, return page 118 unmolested, along with a certified copy of your birth certificate. This is good for a refund of $21.82.

If you are a friend of Mr. Frey or a member of Frey’s extended family, you are entitled to a refund of $0.14, with the envelope being sent to you with postage due.

If you send us a videotape, a VCD, or a DVD, in which you can demonstrate that you led or coerced a group of people to throw at least 200 copies into a public bonfire, we would like to offer you a promising career here at Random House. Please get in touch with our Human Resources department.

Please note that all refunds are subject to a number of city, state, and federal taxes. The above costs reflect the amount that Random House will issue you. We cannot guarantee that some irksome governmental agency won’t take a big bite out of our checks. We feel your pain. Oh, boy, do we.

We promise you that we here at Random House are very, very sorry for having misled you. And if you see Mr. Frey in your neighborhood, please tell him to report to the Random House building. We have a windowless room in the basement that we’d like to invite him to spend the rest of his days.

Thank you for your attention.

Random House

Milamber

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I now have a copy of "The book thief" by Markus Zusak to read through.

hail-hail

lol, I read it before I heard about all the 'fuss'. I think it all started when he went on Oprah (sp?) and gave a serious interview about all the bad stuff that happened to him, then it turns out he may of bent the truth a little
Fair play, he'll be lauging all the way to the bank.

I have also read the follow up 'My Friend Leonard', pretty much picks up the story where it left off and follows their relationship. Worth a read if you want out find out a bit more about the characters in the first, but doesn't really grip you the same.

Finished Eragon and Eldest, the follow up. Pretty good reads especialy consider the age of the author. He was 15 when he started Eragon.
Also read Tom Brown's School days, after talk of the Flashman books on this thread, not really my cup of tea to be honest, but reasonably enjoyable.

Reading 'Looking Good Dead' by Peter James now, grabbed it in a rush through WHSmith at the airport,but has me reasonbaly gripped. Pretty sure it is going to turn out to be an average twist and turn thriller,but will keep you all posted.
Have 'Empire - How Britain Made the Modern World' Niall Ferguson next on the list.

Any more must read recommendation from anyone?

KiwiGTI

That's a very good book. I am currently reading Penguins "History of New Zealand" and surprisingly it is one of the most interesting books I have read. The first 1/2 is basically about exploration, discovery and colonisation by the British and how they basically put a template of Britain onto another country over a very short period.

It is amazing how those who ran the British Empire honestly believed that they were racially superior to all other people on earth.

Milamber

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Whilst on this subject, you really must have a read of "Our Emprie Story by H.E. Marshall



A superb book about the events and history of the building of the British Empire . I read this when I was in Junior school and Rhodesia still "belonged" to us. Its funny how time have changed so quickly. At the time there was righteous indignation at giving away a country that we "owned" but now you feel ashamed that we ever took it in the first place....

The book is aimed at young adults (9 upwards) but you won't believe it. The book is about 9 inches thick and crammed with superb illustrations of our (relatively recent) history.

Miss Pitstop

Currently reading - North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell

Couldn't finished - The Shipping News by Annie Peroux and The Sad Truth about Happiness by Anne Giardini

Could read again - anything by Colin Bateman or Roody Doyle (especially The Van)

Julz1983

I've just finished Ghost Girl by Torey Hayden, it is a great book, quite moving but an excellent read

Amazon.co.uk: Ghost Girl: The True Story of a Child in Desperate Peril - And a Teacher Who Saved Her: Books: Torey L. Hayden

Couldn't finish Sharon Osbourne's Autobiography, it kept going off track then a chapter later back on to what was said ages before, I just couldn't get in to it


I would read Ghost Girl again, the DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons.

I'm going to buy some more of the books by Torey Haden.

Milamber

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Call me a typical man, but that looks a bit too moving for me

My sister is a psychiatrist working with children and tells me of really heart rending stories that just make you glad they didn't happen to you.

Julz1983

Yeah it does send some shivers through you when you start getting in to whats happening in the story, but it's real life, it happens, sadly, all books I read are true life, kind of puts a perspective on everything.